The past two years have brought a chain of disasters unique even to California. Wildfires so energetic they swallowed whole neighborhoods in Sonoma County, where I grew up and live with my family. Rains so fierce they nearly toppled the state's tallest dam. Powerful mud flows that killed at least 21 people. These events have altered how we look at our lives. Disasters are no longer things that happen to other people in other places, but to us and our loved ones. Among those who lost homes in last year's Wine Country fires were my childhood best friend and... [Read More]

Two people were killed in an accident on Interstate 75 in Dooly County on Saturday, Dec. 1, 2018. It began when a car became disabled in the roadway and was struck from behind by two other vehicles. [Read More]

Sunday's planned launch of a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg AFB has been postponed to allow for additional inspections of the rocket's second stage.Liftoff is now set for December 3 at 10:31:47 a.m. PST, the start of a 30-minute launch window. For a countdown and launch status, click here. [Read More]

Let's keep track as the coaching carousel spins or whatever. Below, brief notes on each FBS head coaching change, along with an INSTA GRADE. The difference: let's also grade the firing part as well. Why should only hirings get graded? Onward. Note: I'm not factoring buyouts here. You're probably paying him too much to leave. That's your boosters' problem, not mine. Akron Terry Bowden firing grade: C. Unless you have a good candidate lined up, I don't think I get it. He led two of Akron's three bowl trips and only bowl win, and a four-win base line... [Read More]

California lost 7 of its 14 Republican House seats this election cycle. This was after the state legislature passed "ballot harvesting" laws. Ballot harvesting is illegal in most states. In Texas, New York and Pennsylvania they arrest people for ballot harvesting. But in California they passed a law two years ago that makes it legal. …... [Read More]

Phillip Lindsay is on a run so amazing the NFL has never seen anything like it. He has dashed from the bottom of the Broncos depth chart, bolted past defenders grasping at nothing but air, and kept on trucking to the end zone, headed to a place where no undrafted rookie has ever gone. [Read More]